Riley or Thornberry? Who leads the 1st @TheHaskinsAward Watch List of 2017-18 season? Top 10:

Teams have all completed at least one event with some teams two and three tournaments into this season, so it’s time for the first watch list for the 2018 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel. The Haskins Award is given annually to the best college player, as voted by players, coaches and media. Haskins Award winners over the years include such notable future professionals as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Hunter Mahan. Last season, Ole Miss’ Braden Thornberry beat out LSU’s Sam Burns and Oregon’s Wyndham Clark for the Haskins Award. Here is a look at the early candidates for this season’s Haskins Award: 1. Davis Riley Year: Junior School: Alabama Golfweek/Sagarin Ranking: 1 Results: Won, Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational; T-3, Carpet Capital Collegiate The buzz: Riley has had a stellar start to the season. He is 17 under through ...